[moneytalks] Re: Budgeting down the road???

I tend to like this idea don!!

It would also be cool if this could be exported as an excel file for =
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on other machines.


-----Original Message-----
From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barrett, Don
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 9:25 AM
To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Budgeting down the road???


Ok, the module would start out by asking you for your monthly income.
Then, for a list of categories, some pre-defined and some you could add, =
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you would be asked to enter dollar amounts which would constitute your =
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conceived budget.  You would do this, editing your category names and =
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dollar amounts until you had a budget you could live with.  It could =3D
even import categories from the register module.

Once this initial effort is saved, you are presented with a grid with =
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the categories along the top, and the days (1 through 31) down the left. =
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 Each day, you enter what you spend into each cell corresponding to the =
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category name heading that column.  As you enter data, you are told "you =
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have entered x dollars for this category and you have x dollars left for =
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this month."

If you consistently go over a budgeted amount, you are encouraged to =3D
adjust your amount for that category.

Bottom Line: you are forced to account for your spending, and thus spend =
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responsibly in accordance with whatever long-term goals you have =3D
established.

Don


-----Original Message-----
From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:12 AM
To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Budgeting down the road???


Hi Don.  How would you invision such a feature working?


>>> Don.Barrett@xxxxxx Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:51:53 AM >>>
Any good financial planner recommends that individuals getting their =3D
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finances in order begin with a budget, laying out exactly what the =
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income is, and tracking its outgoing over the month.

Would you consider down the road adding a budgeting module to MT which =
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would assist in helping blind individuals complete this often daunting =
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task?

Thanks.

Don

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